AeroRepública S.A., operating as Copa Airlines Colombia, is an airline based in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the third-largest air carrier in Colombia.

It operates scheduled passenger service from Bogotá to 19 domestic and international destinations, as well as charter services to the United States and the Caribbean. Its hub is El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, and José María Córdova International Airport in Medellín is a focus-city airport.

In the early 1990s, during the economic liberalization policy of Colombian President César Gaviria, under the leadership of Alfonso Avila Velandia and Amos Ginor, negotiations began, in 1992, to create AeroRepública, the first private airline to be created in Colombia in years.

AeroRepública started operations in June 1993, with Boeing 727-100 aircraft painted with the yellow, blue, and red colors of the flag of Colombia, initially flying from Bogotá to Colombian coastal cities, such as Santa Marta, Cartagena, and San Andrés.

AeroRepública added new domestic destinations such as Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla, Montería, and Leticia. Meanwhile, the old 727-100s were replaced by second-hand McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-30 ex-charter aircraft from Continental Airlines and Alitalia.

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